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job Printing. Home Press. JOB PBHTTHTO- OF EVERY DESCRIPTION PON it OS SUORTKBT MOTICK, IN Latest Styles and Cheap. YOTTB PATEOITAGE JJJ- BK8PECTKULLY ROL1CITKD. SATISFACTION (1UAKANTEEDI 2 Mitchell Bro's & Co., FRO PRIETOES AXD PUBLISHERS. CHAS. N. MITCHELL. JOHX F. M1TCI1ELL, W; X. BTJTHEBFOBD DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT IS PUBLISHED. "HOME FIRST, THE WORLD NEXT." WILL ALSO CONDUCT A GENERAL REAL ESTATE ft 1XSURAKCE AGENCY Money Loaning, fe Pension Colecting. Whole No. 559. LA PLATA, MACON CO., MO., FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1886, Yol. X No. 39. t3T The Home Pess $1 Per Year IN TUB COUNTY, AS HEBETOFOHE. OCTS1DB : THE COCXTT, $1.25, VS ADVAJSCE. 2i i). w. idemfshy, m. d. OVKItE front room, over Scars A Sears' Drug More, La Plata, Mo., where he can be oun.l unles enjraged professionally. scp2i. ' DR. F. F. REED, Resident Dentist, La Plivtft, Mo. OFFICE la the Edwards building, aorth-east rorner square. All work guaranteed to ive atiofction. Call and see me. N'oy. ft, '83. Rufus Gillaspy, Physician' and Surgeon. Horse cm o Atlanta, Mo. FFH'E west of Snow's store, formerly occupied by Dr. R. II. Dunnington. , 10 15 ly G-. W. SHORES, Physician and Surgeon, LA PLATA, MO. 11TILL attend all calls night and day. Office in Edwards' building, up-stairs. Kesi-dene at Dan. Grtflin'a first residence north" of t.tri.-e. vol.10 noXMf. CHAS. SIMS. Physician and Surgeon, LA PLATA, MO. Offick with Dr. Gates, second door south of Scars .t sears' Drugstore. Residence ai .1. J. Swarthoui's. Will attend all calls. " L.A PLATA Saving B a nix W.T. Gilbreath.Prest. W. J. Ricgs, Cashier. Puid up Capital $15,000. Directors. W.T. (lilbreath, J.Gates, J. M. Irving, j W. J. Hittg H C Gates, A. s. nay, 1AUES A GENERAL BANKIJNU BUSl I) SE6S. .TAMES A. JULIAN, SHOBM AKEB. TTA1 PKIiMASKXILY LOCATED IS LA 11 Plata and will remain in the future, our f avorite and regular shoemaker. His shop is 1 tit door south of Sears Jt sears' drug store, lie i prepared to do all kinds of Boot and Shoe intking, and will give satisfaction. Kcparing a i... riiiliy. When you send shoes by children to be repaired, send money aIo, and lie will send the correct change back. Terms cash. Don't a-k for credit. Feb. 15,'S4 vtfn27-tf CARDING Al SPINNING. Will Manufacture your WOOL into any kind of WOOLEN GOODS. Call at COODDIKO, WILLIAMS A WAITS, South side square, l.i I'lata, Mo., and leave your WOOL and get our prices for working Wool. KIRKS VI LLE WOOLEN MILLS. May 7, HH6. M-ain. CT. IvT. DEBB & POWDEBt FOR SALE BY J. D. THOMPSON. It is with pleasure that we can present to the farmers of this country an article of powder equally adopted to horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry. It stands unrivaled as a cattle powder and its beneficial effects are not con fined to the diseased and unhealthy animal, but in proper doses to a perfectly healthy animal. Will improve it digestion and strengthen the whole physical condition. Will increase the quantity and will improve the quality of tua milk. It will cure hollow-born or wolf-hoof diseases or any other ailments to which thy are liable. HOUSES. Slobbering, yellow water. Distemper, shortness of breath, glanders, Epizootic, worms, bots and all other diseases that animal flesh is heir to, can be eradicated by this powder. HOGS. For overheat, cough, swelled neck, ulcers of the lungs and cholera. It stands on rivaled. IlED FRONT DRUG STORE. SELECTED SHORE in (ROYAL WKBt J XJ 1W Absolutely Pure. Press News. IN PAILS. kw GUARANTEED V. AT TRASK'S B SELECTED SHOES HACEEEFL .-.,. ,-,1,"',,- I This powder never varies. 'A marvel of pirity. strength and wholcsomeness. More ecoromi cal than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude oi low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans, koyal bakikc rowitRB vo 106 "Wall St.. N. Y. 26-48w. The gallant and brave police of Chicago be it said to their credit speedily dispersed the outlaws who Inaugurated the trouble last week which rendered that city the scene of one of the most lamentable and disgrape-ful riota on" record In .America. There la one of two things for this country to choose: Either a constant dreaa of outbreaks, riots, pillage and murder, followed at intervals by the execution of the all -too-many threats; or we must have simple, but firm and explicit laws, and see that they are rigidly enforced. It the bummer and communistic elements are to arise to supremacy over law in this country, Jet' lit make It easy for them by doing away with law. If they are to have it, give them the whole field, and donH fetter them with a peace and order clause in our statutes . But we cannot bring ourselves to believe that any such era has dawned. It is nonsense to longer even pretend to pyrn- pathize and coincide with the class of so-called strikers, who are the handlers of dy namite and the authors of riots, bloodshed and death. Down with them while they are young In years and small in numbers. They seek to march under the banner of honest, hard-working strikers, who haye a real griev ance, perhaps. But it won't work; it is too transparent. They are a class of characters who infest all cities, and who seem deter mined that two days work in each week shaft furnish them with necessary' funds to live and revel on the remainder of the seven days. Such a disposition is braced up by the same Hon. G. G. Vest is about well again, and is now to be found in his-seat, in the United States Senate, every Jay. . . Gleanings From Pleasant Grove. . Pleasant Ghovk, May 7th, 1886. Editor Home Press: We opened school on the 19th of ; last month, having 30 pupils enrolled. This is indred a pleasant place, and school work progresses finely. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Lyons ylsited us last Friday and Saturday. Your humble correspondent, in company with my father took a drive of about 82 miles last Saturday to Edina and return. Well, blue eyed May, the carnival month of the year, has at last arrived, with her smiles and tears, and touched all nature with her beautiful finger. Tbi morning she is bathing all with tears, a they gently fall from her soft cheek. - As we were driving over, the country, feasting our eyes on the lovely scenery, ' my soul was filled with praises to Him who giy-eth and taketh away,' and I was led to exclaim, as one has said, ''When we gaze on this beautiful world,- how can we say, there Is no God?!' ; ' , . " . Everything in this part of the country looks grand. Some of , the farmers haye finished planting corn; the others are almost through. We saw several small fields of wheat which looked beautiful. Prospects for fruit was never, better. A great deal of oats has been sown, most of which is up and looks well. I : . ' We are sorry to felate the sad intelligence that Miss Aray Coe, daughter of Esq. Coe, of Locust Hill, has been compelled to give up her school on account of sickness. Miss Richardson, of Novelty, died on the 18th of last month, of consumption. Eev. Geo. Sharp, of the (VP. church, THE DAIRY COLUMN. JOHN EEYNER, - lias on hand a good supply of Till ml KM "Wagons threesvmno- principle that prompts outlawry, and they - 7 . 7 I mi 1.1 rAPpivp th flttrmtlnn frnm law onI j l n 1 1 A I" I 1 " I JSJ v vs s v i v v - w imiivuvi J r V MUU nail JL-mtlOrm ana COmUllia- officiai3 that other law-breakers reeetve.- tlOn WaOnS, and a fine lot OI If let alone, or to get off with light punish BufffficS. Made Of the best1meutf,tlieyar.ecertaU)'Intime' lo-become preached at Usibe, on the 2oth tilt., at 3p 77 1 -j . , , i comiuuu eueiuies iu our coumry nnu io guou material, and by Competent government, and possibly the power behind Workmen. .r Pices tO Slllt the the throne in our political efforts. If they rll n,wl 4V.,. will work let them go where work can be Vtii-tvK;ft x m m. ttfii a .&.s,v mil s Jt m. yourselves. "W. Corner square. in., and organized a Sabbath school. Kind wishes to you, Mr. Editor, and yonr many readers. , Minnie Lee. 30-3m The Fast Racking Stallion, YOUNG DENMARK. If yourCroccr does not keep them send 9 1 .25, and we will send Pail by Express, prepaid, to the nearest Railroad Station. TE ASK FISH CO. SAINT LOUIS, HO il Will tare Your Hoes, g JDJZ. JOS. HJLJLS' Hog& Poultry Remedy j and dealern FURNITURE. &c, North Side Sqzire.La Plata, lio. I tr- I'arties sendlnR for Coffins must send th MARBLE WORKS! David Baird, Prop'r. MENTS and Tablets from 12.00 np-aJL wanl. Tombstone. 13-inch slab from J.'to7. 3-foot slab, 14 inches wide, from ?12 to JIG. All other work in proportion. Z2T Help the Llting! Honor the Dead! I ship my marble directly from the quarries, l have no traveling agents, and can undersell any one who has. Nineteen years' experience enables are to furnish the best material and the 'I workmanship at the lowest possible prices. srties living at a distance will save money by ending for my styles and prices. Don't be Min.Ud by traveling agents. Satisfaction guaranteed, or no charges. 10-12 tf. 1. BAIRD, Kirksville, Mo. -Air A Will make the season of 188G, at Griffin & McCaw's Livery Stable, at La Plata, at $10 to insure a mare with foal; or $8 for the season. Money due when fact is ascertain ed. Will not be responsible for accidents. Parting with a mare or removing her from neighborhood forfeits the insurance money. DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE. Young Denmark is a beautiful bav, full 17 bands high, weighs 1,400 pounds; was foaled loitJ, and is not surpassed by anv horse in orth Mo. He is one of the finest saddle horses in the State, and has never been beaten In any ring as an all-purpose horse. He was sired hy Old Denmark, of Monroe county, and he by uitl Imported Denmark. Young Denmark's dam was sired by Rockv Mountain; his grand dam by Trumpeter. lhe dam of Old Denmark, or .Monroe coun- tv, was sired by Lexington, loung Den mark is given up by the best judges to be the best all-purpose horse in the State. U BIFFIN & MCCAW. April 23, 18SG-3G-4W. CLYDESDALE, obtained, if they can't get it at home. If they can't get their price let them take the best that is in sight until something better presents itself. One thing u always certain, the man who keeps at work whether on targe or 6mall wages has no time to devote to strikes, riots, and the murderous use of dynamite. An industrious man is seldom idle, and an honest industrious man is neyer idle, and he spurns the thought of engaging in a riot or handling dynamite. With this analysis of the question it is no trouble to see what class of men are engaged in the so- called striking dynamite business. ' This agricultural land of the free and home for man of whatever nationality, must not, can' cot unwittingly fall into the clutches of such a wanton set. Yet they are gaining strength every day and are unmolested in their secret dens plotting against the most beautiful and God-fearing land on earth. It is time to seriously meditate upon this matter as it is a growing evil. Let our legacy be to our children: happy, free homes, withbut one flag to float from shore to shore, instead of a legacy of revolution, communism, bloody riots, pillage and murder. Stringent laws and the enforcement thereof can eradicate it all. Let us have a little less pratingabout "Constitutional rights," and haye a good deal more common sense protection for our I IClTT1 rrT-TT7'. "R A "VTnT'T? TT L. ,i ... -v., IS THE OXLY PRiCTICAL PREVEXTIVE Or " iiu jwj-X-.- xvxjxi vil i uuiues nuu our ivca im viiiiuicii. THE (SO-CALLED) SWIXE PLAGUE. The well known Clydesdale Stallion, (former ly owned by A. M. isamnardt) a beautiful dap ttha never l.een snmassed as an lncreaser P' "y. wnise swipe m me iace, it l-a nanas r.t , CT.na..l mwtam t-ni- A M i n IT rt i- nign, UBU WB1 gns POUDOS . lie 18 a IDOr 'h nn. Ktimiiintinir tne iniiarv orsrans. Dreeni- v J "--mm- - 1 1 . ' . " I in .K.ci AAn.mnnitw t . .1 : uon or peqigree given nere. TERMS: $12.00 to Insure a mare with foal I HAVE Gome to Stay. And to do first-class Home, Sign, Carriage ml Ornamental Painting, Oalcimining, Pa-pcrhanging, Dccsrating, etc., etc. All who want good, honest work well done 'II give us a call. AVe hope the people of La Il iuwill patronize HOME, as we are able and willing to tn as gwx work as can be done iu he sute ouUi.le of St. Iuis. Kememtier that we live in Ia I'lata, and spend every dollar we M'KNDin La I'lata. 8. 1Z. ZROZEItTIBTTa-. restion. stimuiatinK the biiiarv fnir toruor and entrortrment of the liver, and reg- nlatintr the bowels. It removes and prevents the formation of disease germs, and preserves to the weil bred hog his natural constitution. Where it has been fed to such animals in the prescribed Quantities, and other directions faithfully observed, it has proved a thorough preventive against swine disease. AS AN "EVIDENCE OF FAITH In my remedy I make the following offer: I will insure herds of not less than one hun dred in number asrainst disease, at a small fee per head, provided they are fed my remedy an der mv direction, and prove upon examination prior to contract that they are in a healthy con dition, and are neither in-bred, close-bred or the proginy oi such. I. I will forfeit $100.00 to any breeder whose offer to examine for insurance I decline, provided he forwards remitance to cover my ex penses to and from location of hogs, or I fail to prove to the satisfaction of any disinterested partv. that failure to respond to invitation is caused by prior engagement or by matters of at least equal Importance. 2. I will forfeit S500 if I decline upon exami nation to insure such herds, if my judgment as to insure such herds, if mv judgment as to their condition of health is overborne by the result of an examination made by at least two properly qualified and graduated veterinary surgeons. JOS. HAAS, V. S. Member of Indiana State Vetennay Medical Association, INDIANAPOLIS, INI). This famous remedy is SOLD TRUSTEE'S SALE. AVTIIKKEAS Ily his certain deed of Trust, ditted November 27th, lpwo, and recorded in l ook page 1M of the records in the oltice f lhe Recorder of Deeds In and for the county 1 Macon and State of Missouri, James Mnrphy and his wife, Mary J. Mnrphy, conveyed the rial estate in said deed described to the undersigned in trut to secure the payment t t lie note therein mentioned; and where-s the principal note has long sines become luc and remains unpaid. Now, therefore, at ne request of the legal holder of said note, I will proceed to sell the following described real entatr, situate in the county of Macon and Mitte of Missouri, to-wit: 1 lie southeast qr. (!) of the southwest 'ir. ) and the east one-third (.') of the r"' luwi qr t - ) or the southwest nr. ( ) and the north half () of the west two-tbinls (,) of the southwest qr. 'V) of the southwest qr. of section thlrty-flye (35) tovvnsbp txty ((W)t ranf,e fourteen (14), "ontalning sixty-six and two-thirds (,') " res, more or Jes according to the government survey, at the south front door of the mirt houe in the city of Macon, Macon 'onnty, Missouri, on MONDAY, THE 14th DAY OF JUNE, 1S86, between the hours of 10 a. in. and 4 p. m. of 'hat day at public sale to the highest bidder t cab, for the purpose of said trust. . . John S. Lyd a, Trustee. Sears & Sears, ' DRUGGISTS, T.A PLATA, MO. T1 ZEE IE ST-A-IjIjIOIT, YOUNG LOGAN, Was fcaled May 10, 1973. Stands 16 hands high ; of beautiful bay color; his head is small, clean and bony, his ears email and nicely tapered; with lively eyes, bright and prominent head, ft . . t w r . - n n -.lib j- t n a . linn n fit t t fitted to fine sloping shoulders; weathers high, with great depth of girth, one with an extra moaei rump, clean and sin- to well shaped A NORMAN, BOB HAVRE, 2D. A NORMAN was foaled April 2d, 1883; color gray ; 16 hands high ; weight 1,365. ie,iuis:-iii stana lor i2.uu to insure a mare with xoal. lie was sired by imported Bob Havre, bv. 92: his dam was sired bv im ported I'erch Paris, No. 643; grand dam by im- portea nap, xo. im; great grand aam uv im ported L-uia Napoleon, No 495. Money due as soon as the fact is ascertained or mare parted wun. The above horses will stand at my stable, fonr blocks north of the public square, in La Plata. Id all cases care will be taken to prevent accidents, but I will not be responsible should any occur. -X.J. HAUUMUrK. April 1st, 1886. 34-6w. The Fine Young Horse, SENECA CHIEF. Having purchased the fine yonnir horse. Seneca tjniei, oi Mr. reter vii, i will stand him the present season as follows: Mondays and Tuesdays, at the 6 table of Peter Wolf.4X miles north east oi L.a l'iata. tie remaining lour aays-oi tne wees at my stable, ly, raiiwseast ot Ih l'iata. Seneca Chief was sired by the Barnes Horse. Weight 1,550 ponnds, and he by the well known Pro ugh horse, known as one of the best foal getters in North Missouri. The dam is full stock Morgan and Messenger and was sired by ermont ureeper, wno made nis mile in 'ivib. Vermont Creeper by the renowned Ethan Allen. Seneca Chief will be 6 years old on the 10th day of next June, and weighs 1,400 pounds- His color is dark bav. has small star in forehead lie is a promising young horse with good spaed and action, long, well arched neck, splendid The straight democracy of Macon county are getting uneasy on account of the probable Republican majority. In the Presiden tial election the Democrats bad only about 300 majority. The strike at Beyier has since added at least ouU Kepublican voters, ana the chances are now in favor of Republican candidates. Kirksville Graphic Not so fast, Mr. Graphic. The people of Macon county can get the old political boat through without outside . assistance. ' We well remember that you predicted two short years ago that "La Plata township would give a handsome Republican majority." Do you remember how it was? It is one thing to predict and and quite another thing to cast votes. "The straight Democracy of Macon county" will endeavor to do the yoting, if the Graphic man will content himself with the predicting business. From Mercyville. Mercyville,'Mo., May 7th, 1.88C. . , Editor Home Press :-I thought I would send you a few items from.our thriving little town. : ; . , "Weather fine over head, but the roads are very muddy. The farmers have finished sowing oats, and are now hard at work planting corn. The Good Templar's Lodge met on Saturday night last, and the following officers were elected and installed: W.C. T., S. Kidder; W. V. T.,Miss Myrtle Smith; W. R. S., Geo. Hodge; W. F. S., J. L. Gash; W T., Miss Celia Truitt; W.M., W. E. Tate; O. G., E. L- Tate; I. G., Miss Ida Hodge; P. W. C.T., Bob Miller; W. C, G. D. Truitt; L. D., T. J. Murry. The members of Charter Oak Lodge are making preparations for their grand entertainment, which will be given at some time In the near future. Grandma Lewis, of this place, died at her home, on Monday, May 3d. The funeral services were held at the family residence, at 2 o'clock p. m., Tuesday, Rev. Cook offici ating. A large concourse of sorrowing and errief stricken fnends followed the remains to their last resting place, where she lies, not In death, ' Bnt only waiting 'till death's shadows have a little clearer grown ; Only waiting for the coming of the Savior in the morn, When she'll burst the bond of darkness, and from death's cold grasp arise, : And 'mid shouts of Hallelujah, pass triumphant Fakmer Bor. Benefita From Aerlcnltoral Papers. On the above topic, Mr, T. B. Terry of Ohio, well known in Wisconsin, writes the following sensible letter to the Country Gentleman.I think the reading of good papers is doing more for the farmers than many are aware of. The most obstinate man can hardly read & paper a year and not be influenced for the better. Mr. Hoard. President of the North western Dairymen's Association, says we must have a lot of funerals before we can make much progress; bin I haye lees faith in that remedy; the young people will be in fluenced by their surroundings and be "chips of the old block," you know. Two or three good papers in the houer.xer.Irig their si. lent influence every week, will knock th old fogy out more thoroughly and at less expense than a funeral, . Farmer's institutes, clubs and granges are doing a good work in the same direction, and doing it the better, in that they bring the farmers together and give them that social intercourse which they so much need; but the men' who read the best agricultural papers are those who attend our institutes, as a rule. Occasionally a farmer stravs in who doesn't take a paper, sneers at "book larnin," and expresses contempt for agricultural professors and education generally a fellow who plants his potatoes and kilts hi-hogs, "when the moon is right." Such a one was enticed, into aa Iustitute not long since, where the writer was. Here is his picture: Hair long and tangled never saw the inside of a barber shop; blue overalls tucked into heavy cow hide boots, on which were several coats of cow manure; a long brown blouse with a strap around his waist ; in his hand a savage whip, and in his mouth a quid of tobacco. Some of the "boys" called him up to tell how he cured his cattle of bloat; he used vinegar, which prevented the gas from "degenerating" in their stomachs ! to the skies. Col. Switzler's Opinion. Col. W. F. Swltzler thinks that If the peo ple of Missouri knew as much about Senator Cockrell in Washington as he does, opposition to his re-election would cease. He says Cockrell is one of the most untiring workers in the Senate, and no Senator's opinion is re garded there with greater favor. Hannibal Courier. Col. Switzler has doubtless not heard from Malor Edwards and his Gazette. According to that most excellent Democratic journal, Senator Cockrell is no good. It Is well enough for the people of this age to admire the honesty of the statesman who haye lived in past ages, but as this is a period of progress, their examples in many respects rather warn of danger than invite State superintendent of public schools, W. E. Coleman, In reply to a letter of inquiry from H. De Wolfe, of Chillicothe, says . a school board has no right to maintain a school In excess of four months, unless the annual meeting of 18S5 so directed. Any board going contrary to the law, and issuing warrants in violation thereof, may be pros ecuted, fined and Imprisoned. A warrant to be legal must be done "by order of the board," after the month's work has been done and the monthly report filed with the clerk. A board must consist of three members to le gally transact business. Sec. 7040. When ever a yacancy occurs the remaining direct ors must fill the vacancy, See. 7043, before any official business can be transacted by s .id body. Two members do not, cannot con stitute a legal school board. The duties specified, especially of filling vacancies and properly ordering warrants, lay said parties liable to prosecutions under sections named and also Sec. 7068. They refused to discharge the duties of their office. You could easily have stopped the school at the end of four months by an injunction served upon the board or upon the treasurer to restrain him from paying said warrants for the last two months. imitation. Old crockery, aside from its as head. nieeVonnrf ho.iv with th het .e sociations, is no good. Paris Mercury , -s I farmers are invited to call and ex middle part, with unusually fine model rn excellent arm and thigh. Limbs clean and . ewed to long pasterns, nttea hoofs. Young Logan waa sired by Patterson's Logan, he by Marvin, son of Lexington, and out or a nne nioouea mare. YOUNG LOGAN will stand at my stable, four miles southeast of La Plata. Will serve mares at $7.00 to Insure a colt to the teat. Parting with or removing a mare irom the neighbor-borhood where kept when served, forfeits the i insurance. Care taken to prevent accidents. but I will not be responsible should any occur. Season commences now and ends July 4, lsss. No business done on bundays. 3f Mammoth Jack, mealy nose and white belly, win stana at same siaoie. March 19, '86-31-13W. W. II. LEE. 2uT Subscribe now for the Home Press and feet, amine for themselves. TERMS: $6.00 to insure a mare with foal. money due as soon as the fact is ascertained or the mare removed from the neighorhood or parted with. Care taken to ptevent accidents, uui i win not oe responsioie snouia anv occur, April 6th, J4-4w GEO. W. DAUGHERT Y, Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and allSkin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For Sale by B. C. McDayitt & Co. yol.9no.36, lyr. gVOLSlA. niALIsrlV l A Uta Experience. Re martable and quIcIc cures. Trial Packages. Send Btaznp for sealed particulars. Address Dr. WARD & CO. Louisiana, Mo. Certain preventive for uarget, end Cracked I bottle UVSSk Mi. Meases. Prlc J S - "- SI. 8mm1 ir rlrralmr.1 During the first nine months of the present fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, there was an increase of oyer $7,000,000 In revenues of the government as compared with the corresponding period last year, and the ex penditures for the first nine months this year were oyer $16,000,000 less than for the cor responding period last year, making a net gain of oyer $23,000,000. .''i i ' So much for a change of administration. Be patient, the good work will continue. The young girl, Laura Sterne, whose dead body was found on a hillside In Brunswick last week, was murdered by Dr. T. J. Ban ning, of Salisbury, while trying to perform an abortion upon her by tne use of medical appliances and oil of tansy. -That Js what the coroner's Jury says about It. Now if it be a fact and eyerything seems to yerify It the fellow Banning should be treated as a common murderer, and hung by the latest process. Instead, he was placed under $3,000 bond. Paris Mercury, ," Canon Farrar't New Book. A few weeks ago, when Canon Farrar was in tnis country, tens of thousands of people paid as much as one dollar each to hear a single lec ture delivered by him, and were well pleased with what they got for their money. Several of the most important of those lectures and addresses with other papers are now published by JohnB. Alden, of New York, and can now be had la a yery handsome cloth-bound volume, for the price of 40 cents. Some of the lectures are also published in his Elzevir Library, in which form the lecture on Dante sells for 3 cents ; on Temperance, 2 cents ; on Ideals of Nations, 2 cents ; Thoughts on America, 3 cents. The millions ol intelligent people who admire Canon Farrar and who were not able to hear him lecture, will be delighted to find his brilliant, scholarly and eloquent thoughts placed in this handsome form within their reach. The publisher's illustrated catalogue, 132 pages, is sent to any address on receipt of 4 cents ; or condensed catalogue free. John B. Alden, Publisher, 393 Pearl St., New York. - Are you made miserable by Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Yellow 8kin? ' Shiloh's Vitalizer is a positive sure. Sold by B. C. McDavitt & Co. ' After an institute, lately, 1 went home with a farmer a reader of the Country Gen tleman, aa usual and what I saw there made me think a good deal about the value of a paper. There was a fine large house, elegantly furnished, and a mammoth bank bam, filled with stock and feed; fields tile drained or the draining being done as fast as the owner could get to it; all surroundings neat and tasteful, and the improvements were of a substantial character. Fine stone walks from the house to all the outbuildings and the street particularly took my fancy. "These must haye cost you a good deal of money," I said. Well," he replied,' "I presume there is less money In the bank, but there is a mighty sight more comfort around home." This man is surrounded by neighbors who do not believe in improvements in farming, and not one of them for some distance around takes an agricultural paper. When my friend built his new barn, they said: "What does the fool want of such a barn? He never will half fill it." But the owner expressed regret to me that he did not build it 50 per cent, larger, as his cropshad already outgrown it, as the result of his underdrawing and better tillage and better farming generally, for which he feels largely indebted to your valuable paper. 1 listened for an hour with interest, to his reports of successes when his ignorant neigh bors made failures. Not one of those neighbors atteuded the institute, which was only two miles away. The old-fashioned, straight toothed harrow was good enough for them, they said; they had no occasion to pay $30 or $40 for a new-fangled arrangement. They would work all day sowing grass seed by hand, rather than pav $5 for a nice little machine that would enable them to sow as much before breakfast and sow it better. I have only pity for such men- Why will they not learn the full, broad meaning of the .law, "As a man sows, so shall he reap?', My friend told me how when one of his sons became old enough to go away and begin farming for himself, he made him a wed ding present of a subscription to your paper, "and," said he. "it has been worth $roo to him at least." I heard a speaker say this winter that not one farmer in fifteen took an iigncnltural paper. I hope this is an exaggeration. I do not want to think that' our farmers, as a class, are so blind to their interests as that. What can we do about it? Not much, perhaps, except to set as good n example as we can, and speak a good word for our papers whenever we have a chance. Some of the seed will catch and bring forth fruit. The most unbelieving will notice after awhile if our surroundings show that we "book farmers" are making the most money. A certain rich, philanthropic old eentle-man, living in Ohio, has been talking of holding a farmer's institute in every township in his county, for two days, to try to get out and influence for good the class that most need it. The county meetings only draw in, as a rule, the few in each township that are most interested in improved agriculture. Those with little interest win not late tne trouoie to go far; but by a little extra effort might be got out to a meeting in their own township. If such meetings could be held in every town, and then followed up by some organization, such as a grange or a farmer's club, and plenty of good papera were subscribed for, great good might be accomplished. - . - T. B. Tkrry. Summitt Co., Ohio. Alden's Library Magazine. This popular Magazine, which, beginning with the month of May, was transformed from an octavo monthly into a. handy, 6mall quarto weekly, has taken other steps in the line of progress. No. 4 of the weekly issue appears in new and larger type, and also with the edition of a handsome cover. In Its new appearance it becemes one of the most attractive magazines in the field, while it Is beyond rivalry in econo my of cost, 1.50 per year. From the amount, and quality of the matter it presents it Is commonly considered even superior to the great four-dellar monthlies. Yorf can get a specimen copy free opon application to the publisher, ET Job Printing. At Home Pkess Office. 1 Jobs b. aldks, 393 Peart St., ew i ork.

job Printing. Home Press. JOB PBHTTHTO- OF EVERY DESCRIPTION PON it OS SUORTKBT MOTICK, IN Latest Styles and Cheap. YOTTB PATEOITAGE JJJ- BK8PECTKULLY ROL1CITKD. SATISFACTION (1UAKANTEEDI 2 Mitchell Bro's & Co., FRO PRIETOES AXD PUBLISHERS. CHAS. N. MITCHELL. JOHX F. M1TCI1ELL, W; X. BTJTHEBFOBD DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT IS PUBLISHED. "HOME FIRST, THE WORLD NEXT." WILL ALSO CONDUCT A GENERAL REAL ESTATE ft 1XSURAKCE AGENCY Money Loaning, fe Pension Colecting. Whole No. 559. LA PLATA, MACON CO., MO., FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1886, Yol. X No. 39. t3T The Home Pess $1 Per Year IN TUB COUNTY, AS HEBETOFOHE. OCTS1DB : THE COCXTT, $1.25, VS ADVAJSCE. 2i i). w. idemfshy, m. d. OVKItE front room, over Scars A Sears' Drug More, La Plata, Mo., where he can be oun.l unles enjraged professionally. scp2i. ' DR. F. F. REED, Resident Dentist, La Plivtft, Mo. OFFICE la the Edwards building, aorth-east rorner square. All work guaranteed to ive atiofction. Call and see me. N'oy. ft, '83. Rufus Gillaspy, Physician' and Surgeon. Horse cm o Atlanta, Mo. FFH'E west of Snow's store, formerly occupied by Dr. R. II. Dunnington. , 10 15 ly G-. W. SHORES, Physician and Surgeon, LA PLATA, MO. 11TILL attend all calls night and day. Office in Edwards' building, up-stairs. Kesi-dene at Dan. Grtflin'a first residence north" of t.tri.-e. vol.10 noXMf. CHAS. SIMS. Physician and Surgeon, LA PLATA, MO. Offick with Dr. Gates, second door south of Scars .t sears' Drugstore. Residence ai .1. J. Swarthoui's. Will attend all calls. " L.A PLATA Saving B a nix W.T. Gilbreath.Prest. W. J. Ricgs, Cashier. Puid up Capital $15,000. Directors. W.T. (lilbreath, J.Gates, J. M. Irving, j W. J. Hittg H C Gates, A. s. nay, 1AUES A GENERAL BANKIJNU BUSl I) SE6S. .TAMES A. JULIAN, SHOBM AKEB. TTA1 PKIiMASKXILY LOCATED IS LA 11 Plata and will remain in the future, our f avorite and regular shoemaker. His shop is 1 tit door south of Sears Jt sears' drug store, lie i prepared to do all kinds of Boot and Shoe intking, and will give satisfaction. Kcparing a i... riiiliy. When you send shoes by children to be repaired, send money aIo, and lie will send the correct change back. Terms cash. Don't a-k for credit. Feb. 15,'S4 vtfn27-tf CARDING Al SPINNING. Will Manufacture your WOOL into any kind of WOOLEN GOODS. Call at COODDIKO, WILLIAMS A WAITS, South side square, l.i I'lata, Mo., and leave your WOOL and get our prices for working Wool. KIRKS VI LLE WOOLEN MILLS. May 7, HH6. M-ain. CT. IvT. DEBB & POWDEBt FOR SALE BY J. D. THOMPSON. It is with pleasure that we can present to the farmers of this country an article of powder equally adopted to horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry. It stands unrivaled as a cattle powder and its beneficial effects are not con fined to the diseased and unhealthy animal, but in proper doses to a perfectly healthy animal. Will improve it digestion and strengthen the whole physical condition. Will increase the quantity and will improve the quality of tua milk. It will cure hollow-born or wolf-hoof diseases or any other ailments to which thy are liable. HOUSES. Slobbering, yellow water. Distemper, shortness of breath, glanders, Epizootic, worms, bots and all other diseases that animal flesh is heir to, can be eradicated by this powder. HOGS. For overheat, cough, swelled neck, ulcers of the lungs and cholera. It stands on rivaled. IlED FRONT DRUG STORE. SELECTED SHORE in (ROYAL WKBt J XJ 1W Absolutely Pure. Press News. IN PAILS. kw GUARANTEED V. AT TRASK'S B SELECTED SHOES HACEEEFL .-.,. ,-,1,"',,- I This powder never varies. 'A marvel of pirity. strength and wholcsomeness. More ecoromi cal than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude oi low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans, koyal bakikc rowitRB vo 106 "Wall St.. N. Y. 26-48w. The gallant and brave police of Chicago be it said to their credit speedily dispersed the outlaws who Inaugurated the trouble last week which rendered that city the scene of one of the most lamentable and disgrape-ful riota on" record In .America. There la one of two things for this country to choose: Either a constant dreaa of outbreaks, riots, pillage and murder, followed at intervals by the execution of the all -too-many threats; or we must have simple, but firm and explicit laws, and see that they are rigidly enforced. It the bummer and communistic elements are to arise to supremacy over law in this country, Jet' lit make It easy for them by doing away with law. If they are to have it, give them the whole field, and donH fetter them with a peace and order clause in our statutes . But we cannot bring ourselves to believe that any such era has dawned. It is nonsense to longer even pretend to pyrn- pathize and coincide with the class of so-called strikers, who are the handlers of dy namite and the authors of riots, bloodshed and death. Down with them while they are young In years and small in numbers. They seek to march under the banner of honest, hard-working strikers, who haye a real griev ance, perhaps. But it won't work; it is too transparent. They are a class of characters who infest all cities, and who seem deter mined that two days work in each week shaft furnish them with necessary' funds to live and revel on the remainder of the seven days. Such a disposition is braced up by the same Hon. G. G. Vest is about well again, and is now to be found in his-seat, in the United States Senate, every Jay. . . Gleanings From Pleasant Grove. . Pleasant Ghovk, May 7th, 1886. Editor Home Press: We opened school on the 19th of ; last month, having 30 pupils enrolled. This is indred a pleasant place, and school work progresses finely. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Lyons ylsited us last Friday and Saturday. Your humble correspondent, in company with my father took a drive of about 82 miles last Saturday to Edina and return. Well, blue eyed May, the carnival month of the year, has at last arrived, with her smiles and tears, and touched all nature with her beautiful finger. Tbi morning she is bathing all with tears, a they gently fall from her soft cheek. - As we were driving over, the country, feasting our eyes on the lovely scenery, ' my soul was filled with praises to Him who giy-eth and taketh away,' and I was led to exclaim, as one has said, ''When we gaze on this beautiful world,- how can we say, there Is no God?!' ; ' , . " . Everything in this part of the country looks grand. Some of , the farmers haye finished planting corn; the others are almost through. We saw several small fields of wheat which looked beautiful. Prospects for fruit was never, better. A great deal of oats has been sown, most of which is up and looks well. I : . ' We are sorry to felate the sad intelligence that Miss Aray Coe, daughter of Esq. Coe, of Locust Hill, has been compelled to give up her school on account of sickness. Miss Richardson, of Novelty, died on the 18th of last month, of consumption. Eev. Geo. Sharp, of the (VP. church, THE DAIRY COLUMN. JOHN EEYNER, - lias on hand a good supply of Till ml KM "Wagons threesvmno- principle that prompts outlawry, and they - 7 . 7 I mi 1.1 rAPpivp th flttrmtlnn frnm law onI j l n 1 1 A I" I 1 " I JSJ v vs s v i v v - w imiivuvi J r V MUU nail JL-mtlOrm ana COmUllia- officiai3 that other law-breakers reeetve.- tlOn WaOnS, and a fine lot OI If let alone, or to get off with light punish BufffficS. Made Of the best1meutf,tlieyar.ecertaU)'Intime' lo-become preached at Usibe, on the 2oth tilt., at 3p 77 1 -j . , , i comiuuu eueiuies iu our coumry nnu io guou material, and by Competent government, and possibly the power behind Workmen. .r Pices tO Slllt the the throne in our political efforts. If they rll n,wl 4V.,. will work let them go where work can be Vtii-tvK;ft x m m. ttfii a .&.s,v mil s Jt m. yourselves. "W. Corner square. in., and organized a Sabbath school. Kind wishes to you, Mr. Editor, and yonr many readers. , Minnie Lee. 30-3m The Fast Racking Stallion, YOUNG DENMARK. If yourCroccr does not keep them send 9 1 .25, and we will send Pail by Express, prepaid, to the nearest Railroad Station. TE ASK FISH CO. SAINT LOUIS, HO il Will tare Your Hoes, g JDJZ. JOS. HJLJLS' Hog& Poultry Remedy j and dealern FURNITURE. &c, North Side Sqzire.La Plata, lio. I tr- I'arties sendlnR for Coffins must send th MARBLE WORKS! David Baird, Prop'r. MENTS and Tablets from 12.00 np-aJL wanl. Tombstone. 13-inch slab from J.'to7. 3-foot slab, 14 inches wide, from ?12 to JIG. All other work in proportion. Z2T Help the Llting! Honor the Dead! I ship my marble directly from the quarries, l have no traveling agents, and can undersell any one who has. Nineteen years' experience enables are to furnish the best material and the 'I workmanship at the lowest possible prices. srties living at a distance will save money by ending for my styles and prices. Don't be Min.Ud by traveling agents. Satisfaction guaranteed, or no charges. 10-12 tf. 1. BAIRD, Kirksville, Mo. -Air A Will make the season of 188G, at Griffin & McCaw's Livery Stable, at La Plata, at $10 to insure a mare with foal; or $8 for the season. Money due when fact is ascertain ed. Will not be responsible for accidents. Parting with a mare or removing her from neighborhood forfeits the insurance money. DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE. Young Denmark is a beautiful bav, full 17 bands high, weighs 1,400 pounds; was foaled loitJ, and is not surpassed by anv horse in orth Mo. He is one of the finest saddle horses in the State, and has never been beaten In any ring as an all-purpose horse. He was sired hy Old Denmark, of Monroe county, and he by uitl Imported Denmark. Young Denmark's dam was sired by Rockv Mountain; his grand dam by Trumpeter. lhe dam of Old Denmark, or .Monroe coun- tv, was sired by Lexington, loung Den mark is given up by the best judges to be the best all-purpose horse in the State. U BIFFIN & MCCAW. April 23, 18SG-3G-4W. CLYDESDALE, obtained, if they can't get it at home. If they can't get their price let them take the best that is in sight until something better presents itself. One thing u always certain, the man who keeps at work whether on targe or 6mall wages has no time to devote to strikes, riots, and the murderous use of dynamite. An industrious man is seldom idle, and an honest industrious man is neyer idle, and he spurns the thought of engaging in a riot or handling dynamite. With this analysis of the question it is no trouble to see what class of men are engaged in the so- called striking dynamite business. ' This agricultural land of the free and home for man of whatever nationality, must not, can' cot unwittingly fall into the clutches of such a wanton set. Yet they are gaining strength every day and are unmolested in their secret dens plotting against the most beautiful and God-fearing land on earth. It is time to seriously meditate upon this matter as it is a growing evil. Let our legacy be to our children: happy, free homes, withbut one flag to float from shore to shore, instead of a legacy of revolution, communism, bloody riots, pillage and murder. Stringent laws and the enforcement thereof can eradicate it all. Let us have a little less pratingabout "Constitutional rights," and haye a good deal more common sense protection for our I IClTT1 rrT-TT7'. "R A "VTnT'T? TT L. ,i ... -v., IS THE OXLY PRiCTICAL PREVEXTIVE Or " iiu jwj-X-.- xvxjxi vil i uuiues nuu our ivca im viiiiuicii. THE (SO-CALLED) SWIXE PLAGUE. The well known Clydesdale Stallion, (former ly owned by A. M. isamnardt) a beautiful dap ttha never l.een snmassed as an lncreaser P' "y. wnise swipe m me iace, it l-a nanas r.t , CT.na..l mwtam t-ni- A M i n IT rt i- nign, UBU WB1 gns POUDOS . lie 18 a IDOr 'h nn. Ktimiiintinir tne iniiarv orsrans. Dreeni- v J "--mm- - 1 1 . ' . " I in .K.ci AAn.mnnitw t . .1 : uon or peqigree given nere. TERMS: $12.00 to Insure a mare with foal I HAVE Gome to Stay. And to do first-class Home, Sign, Carriage ml Ornamental Painting, Oalcimining, Pa-pcrhanging, Dccsrating, etc., etc. All who want good, honest work well done 'II give us a call. AVe hope the people of La Il iuwill patronize HOME, as we are able and willing to tn as gwx work as can be done iu he sute ouUi.le of St. Iuis. Kememtier that we live in Ia I'lata, and spend every dollar we M'KNDin La I'lata. 8. 1Z. ZROZEItTIBTTa-. restion. stimuiatinK the biiiarv fnir toruor and entrortrment of the liver, and reg- nlatintr the bowels. It removes and prevents the formation of disease germs, and preserves to the weil bred hog his natural constitution. Where it has been fed to such animals in the prescribed Quantities, and other directions faithfully observed, it has proved a thorough preventive against swine disease. AS AN "EVIDENCE OF FAITH In my remedy I make the following offer: I will insure herds of not less than one hun dred in number asrainst disease, at a small fee per head, provided they are fed my remedy an der mv direction, and prove upon examination prior to contract that they are in a healthy con dition, and are neither in-bred, close-bred or the proginy oi such. I. I will forfeit $100.00 to any breeder whose offer to examine for insurance I decline, provided he forwards remitance to cover my ex penses to and from location of hogs, or I fail to prove to the satisfaction of any disinterested partv. that failure to respond to invitation is caused by prior engagement or by matters of at least equal Importance. 2. I will forfeit S500 if I decline upon exami nation to insure such herds, if my judgment as to insure such herds, if mv judgment as to their condition of health is overborne by the result of an examination made by at least two properly qualified and graduated veterinary surgeons. JOS. HAAS, V. S. Member of Indiana State Vetennay Medical Association, INDIANAPOLIS, INI). This famous remedy is SOLD TRUSTEE'S SALE. AVTIIKKEAS Ily his certain deed of Trust, ditted November 27th, lpwo, and recorded in l ook page 1M of the records in the oltice f lhe Recorder of Deeds In and for the county 1 Macon and State of Missouri, James Mnrphy and his wife, Mary J. Mnrphy, conveyed the rial estate in said deed described to the undersigned in trut to secure the payment t t lie note therein mentioned; and where-s the principal note has long sines become luc and remains unpaid. Now, therefore, at ne request of the legal holder of said note, I will proceed to sell the following described real entatr, situate in the county of Macon and Mitte of Missouri, to-wit: 1 lie southeast qr. (!) of the southwest 'ir. ) and the east one-third (.') of the r"' luwi qr t - ) or the southwest nr. ( ) and the north half () of the west two-tbinls (,) of the southwest qr. 'V) of the southwest qr. of section thlrty-flye (35) tovvnsbp txty ((W)t ranf,e fourteen (14), "ontalning sixty-six and two-thirds (,') " res, more or Jes according to the government survey, at the south front door of the mirt houe in the city of Macon, Macon 'onnty, Missouri, on MONDAY, THE 14th DAY OF JUNE, 1S86, between the hours of 10 a. in. and 4 p. m. of 'hat day at public sale to the highest bidder t cab, for the purpose of said trust. . . John S. Lyd a, Trustee. Sears & Sears, ' DRUGGISTS, T.A PLATA, MO. T1 ZEE IE ST-A-IjIjIOIT, YOUNG LOGAN, Was fcaled May 10, 1973. Stands 16 hands high ; of beautiful bay color; his head is small, clean and bony, his ears email and nicely tapered; with lively eyes, bright and prominent head, ft . . t w r . - n n -.lib j- t n a . linn n fit t t fitted to fine sloping shoulders; weathers high, with great depth of girth, one with an extra moaei rump, clean and sin- to well shaped A NORMAN, BOB HAVRE, 2D. A NORMAN was foaled April 2d, 1883; color gray ; 16 hands high ; weight 1,365. ie,iuis:-iii stana lor i2.uu to insure a mare with xoal. lie was sired by imported Bob Havre, bv. 92: his dam was sired bv im ported I'erch Paris, No. 643; grand dam by im- portea nap, xo. im; great grand aam uv im ported L-uia Napoleon, No 495. Money due as soon as the fact is ascertained or mare parted wun. The above horses will stand at my stable, fonr blocks north of the public square, in La Plata. Id all cases care will be taken to prevent accidents, but I will not be responsible should any occur. -X.J. HAUUMUrK. April 1st, 1886. 34-6w. The Fine Young Horse, SENECA CHIEF. Having purchased the fine yonnir horse. Seneca tjniei, oi Mr. reter vii, i will stand him the present season as follows: Mondays and Tuesdays, at the 6 table of Peter Wolf.4X miles north east oi L.a l'iata. tie remaining lour aays-oi tne wees at my stable, ly, raiiwseast ot Ih l'iata. Seneca Chief was sired by the Barnes Horse. Weight 1,550 ponnds, and he by the well known Pro ugh horse, known as one of the best foal getters in North Missouri. The dam is full stock Morgan and Messenger and was sired by ermont ureeper, wno made nis mile in 'ivib. Vermont Creeper by the renowned Ethan Allen. Seneca Chief will be 6 years old on the 10th day of next June, and weighs 1,400 pounds- His color is dark bav. has small star in forehead lie is a promising young horse with good spaed and action, long, well arched neck, splendid The straight democracy of Macon county are getting uneasy on account of the probable Republican majority. In the Presiden tial election the Democrats bad only about 300 majority. The strike at Beyier has since added at least ouU Kepublican voters, ana the chances are now in favor of Republican candidates. Kirksville Graphic Not so fast, Mr. Graphic. The people of Macon county can get the old political boat through without outside . assistance. ' We well remember that you predicted two short years ago that "La Plata township would give a handsome Republican majority." Do you remember how it was? It is one thing to predict and and quite another thing to cast votes. "The straight Democracy of Macon county" will endeavor to do the yoting, if the Graphic man will content himself with the predicting business. From Mercyville. Mercyville,'Mo., May 7th, 1.88C. . , Editor Home Press :-I thought I would send you a few items from.our thriving little town. : ; . , "Weather fine over head, but the roads are very muddy. The farmers have finished sowing oats, and are now hard at work planting corn. The Good Templar's Lodge met on Saturday night last, and the following officers were elected and installed: W.C. T., S. Kidder; W. V. T.,Miss Myrtle Smith; W. R. S., Geo. Hodge; W. F. S., J. L. Gash; W T., Miss Celia Truitt; W.M., W. E. Tate; O. G., E. L- Tate; I. G., Miss Ida Hodge; P. W. C.T., Bob Miller; W. C, G. D. Truitt; L. D., T. J. Murry. The members of Charter Oak Lodge are making preparations for their grand entertainment, which will be given at some time In the near future. Grandma Lewis, of this place, died at her home, on Monday, May 3d. The funeral services were held at the family residence, at 2 o'clock p. m., Tuesday, Rev. Cook offici ating. A large concourse of sorrowing and errief stricken fnends followed the remains to their last resting place, where she lies, not In death, ' Bnt only waiting 'till death's shadows have a little clearer grown ; Only waiting for the coming of the Savior in the morn, When she'll burst the bond of darkness, and from death's cold grasp arise, : And 'mid shouts of Hallelujah, pass triumphant Fakmer Bor. Benefita From Aerlcnltoral Papers. On the above topic, Mr, T. B. Terry of Ohio, well known in Wisconsin, writes the following sensible letter to the Country Gentleman.I think the reading of good papers is doing more for the farmers than many are aware of. The most obstinate man can hardly read & paper a year and not be influenced for the better. Mr. Hoard. President of the North western Dairymen's Association, says we must have a lot of funerals before we can make much progress; bin I haye lees faith in that remedy; the young people will be in fluenced by their surroundings and be "chips of the old block," you know. Two or three good papers in the houer.xer.Irig their si. lent influence every week, will knock th old fogy out more thoroughly and at less expense than a funeral, . Farmer's institutes, clubs and granges are doing a good work in the same direction, and doing it the better, in that they bring the farmers together and give them that social intercourse which they so much need; but the men' who read the best agricultural papers are those who attend our institutes, as a rule. Occasionally a farmer stravs in who doesn't take a paper, sneers at "book larnin," and expresses contempt for agricultural professors and education generally a fellow who plants his potatoes and kilts hi-hogs, "when the moon is right." Such a one was enticed, into aa Iustitute not long since, where the writer was. Here is his picture: Hair long and tangled never saw the inside of a barber shop; blue overalls tucked into heavy cow hide boots, on which were several coats of cow manure; a long brown blouse with a strap around his waist ; in his hand a savage whip, and in his mouth a quid of tobacco. Some of the "boys" called him up to tell how he cured his cattle of bloat; he used vinegar, which prevented the gas from "degenerating" in their stomachs ! to the skies. Col. Switzler's Opinion. Col. W. F. Swltzler thinks that If the peo ple of Missouri knew as much about Senator Cockrell in Washington as he does, opposition to his re-election would cease. He says Cockrell is one of the most untiring workers in the Senate, and no Senator's opinion is re garded there with greater favor. Hannibal Courier. Col. Switzler has doubtless not heard from Malor Edwards and his Gazette. According to that most excellent Democratic journal, Senator Cockrell is no good. It Is well enough for the people of this age to admire the honesty of the statesman who haye lived in past ages, but as this is a period of progress, their examples in many respects rather warn of danger than invite State superintendent of public schools, W. E. Coleman, In reply to a letter of inquiry from H. De Wolfe, of Chillicothe, says . a school board has no right to maintain a school In excess of four months, unless the annual meeting of 18S5 so directed. Any board going contrary to the law, and issuing warrants in violation thereof, may be pros ecuted, fined and Imprisoned. A warrant to be legal must be done "by order of the board," after the month's work has been done and the monthly report filed with the clerk. A board must consist of three members to le gally transact business. Sec. 7040. When ever a yacancy occurs the remaining direct ors must fill the vacancy, See. 7043, before any official business can be transacted by s .id body. Two members do not, cannot con stitute a legal school board. The duties specified, especially of filling vacancies and properly ordering warrants, lay said parties liable to prosecutions under sections named and also Sec. 7068. They refused to discharge the duties of their office. You could easily have stopped the school at the end of four months by an injunction served upon the board or upon the treasurer to restrain him from paying said warrants for the last two months. imitation. Old crockery, aside from its as head. nieeVonnrf ho.iv with th het .e sociations, is no good. Paris Mercury , -s I farmers are invited to call and ex middle part, with unusually fine model rn excellent arm and thigh. Limbs clean and . ewed to long pasterns, nttea hoofs. Young Logan waa sired by Patterson's Logan, he by Marvin, son of Lexington, and out or a nne nioouea mare. YOUNG LOGAN will stand at my stable, four miles southeast of La Plata. Will serve mares at $7.00 to Insure a colt to the teat. Parting with or removing a mare irom the neighbor-borhood where kept when served, forfeits the i insurance. Care taken to prevent accidents. but I will not be responsible should any occur. Season commences now and ends July 4, lsss. No business done on bundays. 3f Mammoth Jack, mealy nose and white belly, win stana at same siaoie. March 19, '86-31-13W. W. II. LEE. 2uT Subscribe now for the Home Press and feet, amine for themselves. TERMS: $6.00 to insure a mare with foal. money due as soon as the fact is ascertained or the mare removed from the neighorhood or parted with. 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Prlc J S - "- SI. 8mm1 ir rlrralmr.1 During the first nine months of the present fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, there was an increase of oyer $7,000,000 In revenues of the government as compared with the corresponding period last year, and the ex penditures for the first nine months this year were oyer $16,000,000 less than for the cor responding period last year, making a net gain of oyer $23,000,000. .''i i ' So much for a change of administration. Be patient, the good work will continue. The young girl, Laura Sterne, whose dead body was found on a hillside In Brunswick last week, was murdered by Dr. T. J. Ban ning, of Salisbury, while trying to perform an abortion upon her by tne use of medical appliances and oil of tansy. -That Js what the coroner's Jury says about It. Now if it be a fact and eyerything seems to yerify It the fellow Banning should be treated as a common murderer, and hung by the latest process. Instead, he was placed under $3,000 bond. Paris Mercury, ," Canon Farrar't New Book. A few weeks ago, when Canon Farrar was in tnis country, tens of thousands of people paid as much as one dollar each to hear a single lec ture delivered by him, and were well pleased with what they got for their money. Several of the most important of those lectures and addresses with other papers are now published by JohnB. Alden, of New York, and can now be had la a yery handsome cloth-bound volume, for the price of 40 cents. Some of the lectures are also published in his Elzevir Library, in which form the lecture on Dante sells for 3 cents ; on Temperance, 2 cents ; on Ideals of Nations, 2 cents ; Thoughts on America, 3 cents. The millions ol intelligent people who admire Canon Farrar and who were not able to hear him lecture, will be delighted to find his brilliant, scholarly and eloquent thoughts placed in this handsome form within their reach. The publisher's illustrated catalogue, 132 pages, is sent to any address on receipt of 4 cents ; or condensed catalogue free. John B. Alden, Publisher, 393 Pearl St., New York. - Are you made miserable by Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Yellow 8kin? ' Shiloh's Vitalizer is a positive sure. Sold by B. C. McDavitt & Co. ' After an institute, lately, 1 went home with a farmer a reader of the Country Gen tleman, aa usual and what I saw there made me think a good deal about the value of a paper. There was a fine large house, elegantly furnished, and a mammoth bank bam, filled with stock and feed; fields tile drained or the draining being done as fast as the owner could get to it; all surroundings neat and tasteful, and the improvements were of a substantial character. Fine stone walks from the house to all the outbuildings and the street particularly took my fancy. "These must haye cost you a good deal of money," I said. Well," he replied,' "I presume there is less money In the bank, but there is a mighty sight more comfort around home." This man is surrounded by neighbors who do not believe in improvements in farming, and not one of them for some distance around takes an agricultural paper. When my friend built his new barn, they said: "What does the fool want of such a barn? He never will half fill it." But the owner expressed regret to me that he did not build it 50 per cent, larger, as his cropshad already outgrown it, as the result of his underdrawing and better tillage and better farming generally, for which he feels largely indebted to your valuable paper. 1 listened for an hour with interest, to his reports of successes when his ignorant neigh bors made failures. Not one of those neighbors atteuded the institute, which was only two miles away. The old-fashioned, straight toothed harrow was good enough for them, they said; they had no occasion to pay $30 or $40 for a new-fangled arrangement. They would work all day sowing grass seed by hand, rather than pav $5 for a nice little machine that would enable them to sow as much before breakfast and sow it better. I have only pity for such men- Why will they not learn the full, broad meaning of the .law, "As a man sows, so shall he reap?', My friend told me how when one of his sons became old enough to go away and begin farming for himself, he made him a wed ding present of a subscription to your paper, "and," said he. "it has been worth $roo to him at least." I heard a speaker say this winter that not one farmer in fifteen took an iigncnltural paper. I hope this is an exaggeration. I do not want to think that' our farmers, as a class, are so blind to their interests as that. What can we do about it? Not much, perhaps, except to set as good n example as we can, and speak a good word for our papers whenever we have a chance. Some of the seed will catch and bring forth fruit. The most unbelieving will notice after awhile if our surroundings show that we "book farmers" are making the most money. A certain rich, philanthropic old eentle-man, living in Ohio, has been talking of holding a farmer's institute in every township in his county, for two days, to try to get out and influence for good the class that most need it. The county meetings only draw in, as a rule, the few in each township that are most interested in improved agriculture. Those with little interest win not late tne trouoie to go far; but by a little extra effort might be got out to a meeting in their own township. If such meetings could be held in every town, and then followed up by some organization, such as a grange or a farmer's club, and plenty of good papera were subscribed for, great good might be accomplished. - . - T. B. Tkrry. Summitt Co., Ohio. Alden's Library Magazine. This popular Magazine, which, beginning with the month of May, was transformed from an octavo monthly into a. handy, 6mall quarto weekly, has taken other steps in the line of progress. No. 4 of the weekly issue appears in new and larger type, and also with the edition of a handsome cover. In Its new appearance it becemes one of the most attractive magazines in the field, while it Is beyond rivalry in econo my of cost, 1.50 per year. From the amount, and quality of the matter it presents it Is commonly considered even superior to the great four-dellar monthlies. Yorf can get a specimen copy free opon application to the publisher, ET Job Printing. At Home Pkess Office. 1 Jobs b. aldks, 393 Peart St., ew i ork.